Adding a network printer on macOS

PLEASE NOTE: DEPENDING ON YOUR VERSION OF OS X, YOU MAY SEE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STEPS THAN THOSE BELOW.

  1. First, ensure that you are either connected to the hillspot wireless network or plugged in via an Ethernet cable. (The "guest" network will not allow you to print.) Ensure you can access the internet successfully.
  2. Download and run the installer for the current driver.
  3. On your Mac, go to System Preferences, then select the Printers & Scanner icon.
  4. Click on the + below the list of printers.
  5. Select the IP button from the top bar of the window that appears.
  6. In the Address field, type "PRINT" in all-caps.
  7. From the Protocol drop-down, select Line Printer Daemon - LPD.
  8. In the Queue field, type the name of the printer you want to add, case-sensitive.
  9. In the Name field, again type the exact name of the printer, which you can copy from the previous field you just entered.
  10.  From the Use drop-down menu, choose Select Software...
  11. Select the printer’s model from the list and click OK, then click the Add button. To find it quickly, type the model number into the search field at the top. (For example, to find the DUFaculty-P2 driver from our example, we could type in "87660" to find the driver quickly in the list.)
  12. If a window containing various printing options appears, simply leave the settings at their defaults and click OK.

You should now see the printer listed in your Printers & Scanners. From here you can right-click or Control-click the printer to set it as the default printer if you wish.

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Article ID: 32058
Created
Wed 6/14/17 3:28 PM
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Tue 7/11/23 2:42 PM